Bennett Parten is a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in History. His work focuses on the history of slavery and its abolition in the nineteenth century U.S. His dissertation, entitled “Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman’s March and the History of Emancipation,” focuses on the destruction of slavery in the American Civil War. Prior to joining the Graduate Writing Lab, Bennett worked as a writing partner at the Yale College Writing Center for two years. He has also co-coordinated both the Yale Early American Historians Working Group and the Yale Race and Slavery Working Group. He holds a B.A. in History from the University of Georgia and an M.A. in History from Clemson University. He has also written essays and opinion pieces for several non-academic outlets.